Racial and religious hate crimes soar by a third in a year amid coronavirus lockdown and Black Lives Matter tensions Race hate crimes accounted for 72 per cent of hate offences in 2019 to 2020 Number of race hate crimes in June 2020 34 per cent higher than previous year Provisional findings from Home Office … Read more
Laurence Fox has accused Sainsbury’s of ‘promoting racial segregation and discrimination’ and said he will be boycotting the supermarket chain after they promoted Black History Month. The actor, who recently announced he was launching his own political party to ‘reclaim British values, denounced the supermarket on Twitter. He said: ‘Dear Sainsbury’s ‘I won’t be shopping … Read more
Uncle Ben’s Rice has been renamed Ben’s Original as its owner Mars announced a re-brand they hope will ‘help put an end to racial injustices’. Critics had pointed out that white southerners once used ‘uncle’ as an honorific for older black slaves because they refused to call them ‘Mr’, and suggested the logo – which … Read more
First black woman to win Booker prize Bernadine Evaristo reveals she struggled with racial identity as a child and would cross the road to avoid being seen with her ‘very dark-skinned’ father Bernadine Evaristo has revealed that she struggled with racial identity as a child She grew up in Woolwich, southeast London during the 60s … Read more
‘I am a Queen of California’: Fury of black passenger escorted off plane by police in Sacramento after launching into a racial rant when asked to take her seat A video of the incident taken by one of the passengers has been shared online It starts with a flight attendant trying to get past a … Read more
Ashley Banjo has broken his silence about Diversity’s Black Lives Matter routine during Britain’s Got Talent’s first semi-final last week. The dancer, 31, took to Instagram to share a video on Sunday in which he addressed both the positive and negative response, as he revealed he and the group have been the target of ‘racial … Read more
BBC hold ‘avoiding racial bias’ training session with on-air talent ahead of the new football season with phrases such as ‘nitty gritty’, ‘sold down the river’ and ‘blackballed’ put on a banned list The BBC held an ‘avoiding racial bias’ training session with their on-air talent The purpose of the session was to avoid using … Read more
US academic is suspended for using the Chinese word for ‘um’ because it sounded like a racial slur Greg Patton lectured on use of ‘filler words’ at University of Southern California He mentioned the Chinese expression ‘neige’ (pronounced ‘nee-gah’) He was placed on administrative leave while the university ‘review the situation’ By Caroline Graham In … Read more
President Trump is moving to end racial sensitivity training for federal government employees, claiming it is ‘divisive, anti-American propaganda’. The Commander-in-chief took to Twitter on Saturday morning confirming he wants to cancel taxpayer funded seminars on ‘critical race theory’, describing them as ‘a sickness that cannot be allowed to continue’. His tweet followed the release of … Read more
Gabrielle Union says her PTSD has been very triggered by the current state of the world and she’s leaning on her emotional toolkit and therapy to cope. The 47-year-old actress got candid about how she is managing her body, mind and soul in the midst of ‘the pandemic and this racial reckoning,’ in a new … Read more